Lots of webmasters installed and started using forums on their sites over the last years. As a result of the high interest, many hosting companies have started supporting some of the most preferred bulletin boards - phpBB, Simple Machines Forum, Invision Power Board and vBulletin. However, not so many web hosts have the special expertise needed to serve a forum. That is why at Forum Hosting Directory, we have researched the most reliable forum web hosting services and ranked the Best 10 Hosts, known for offering professional forum support and a powerful set of features.

SiteGround web hosting services more than 10,000 forum sites built on phpBB, SMF, vBulletin, IPB, etc. SiteGround offers installation of forum application, forum tutorials and expert technical assistance.

Provider

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

forum Bonus

Review

$5.95

750 GB

7500 GB

Free

Free professional phpBB installation; Free phpBB templates; Forum tutorials
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LSMedia

LSMedia offers free phpBB installation and setup. The hosting packages support PHP, unlimited MySQL databases and FTP access.

Provider

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

forum Bonus

Review

LSMedia

$16.60

1 GB

10 GB

$9.95

Free phpbb installation
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The top positions in our chart are occupied by SiteGround and LSMedia. These two companies offer the best forum hosting services. Apart from the standard features they provide many extra services for forum users like free forum installation, forum upgrades, installation of forum addons and more. SiteGround forum hosting plan is ranked higher due to its lower price and richer plan features.

Simple Host

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$7.50

Unlimited

3000GB

Free

Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Host Department

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$5.95

Unlimited

Unlimited

Free

Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Viza Web

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$7.95

10 GB

100 GB

Free

Auto installation of Forums; Forum tutorials; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Lunarpages

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$6.95

350

3500

Free

Free Installation via Fantastico
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BlueHost

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$7.95

1500

15000

Free

Auto-Installation
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Host Gator

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$6.95

350

3000

$15.00

Instant Forums Installation via Fantastico
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Fast Domain Hosting

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$7.95

Unlimited

Unlimited

Free

Auto installation of Forums; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Webhostingpad

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$6.95

Unlimited

Unlimited

Free

Auto installation of Forums; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Net Firms

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$9.95

250GB

2000GB

Free

Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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iPowerWeb

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.95

1500GB

15000GB

Free

Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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phpBB Hacks

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$25.00

4 GB

100 GB

n/a

Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Solid Hosting

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$8.95

0.2 GB

5 GB

Free

Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Web Hosting UK

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$3.35

200 MB

3000 MB

$14.00

Auto installation of Forums; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Online Institute

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$8.46

0.25 GB

5GB

$9.95

SMF forum pre-installed; paid forum addons; PHP, MySQL
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Deseek

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$9.95

2GB

25GB

Paid

Auto installed phpbb2 and SMF plus others also would install most others manually for free.
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Pctank

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.36

0.5GB

30GB

Paid

Software and Free Web Tools Site Management Tools Massive CGI Script Library
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NV Host

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$10.95

0.5 GB

2 GB

Free

Server-Side virus protection, web based e-mail, spam filters
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AluHost

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

13EUR

2500MB

50000MB

Paid

-
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HostQuack

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.95

5,000 MB

50,000 MB

Free Domain with Annual Hosting

Free Instant Installation forums in our Fantastico Deluxe Service
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UniHostWorld

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$3.95

15000 MB

150000 MB

Paid

Instant Forums Installation via Fantastico
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ASPHostCentral.com

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.99

2000 MB

15000 MB

FREE

Get FREE domain name, FREE 3 month hosting and 1 MSSQL 2005 Database by just paying $4.99/month
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ServerGrade Web Hosting

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

2.00

500

5000

Paid

Easy install and upgrade scripts
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VIARED

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$60/y

100MB

2000MB

Free

Quality Hosting with REAL 99.9% uptime. No overselling
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Dracula Hosting

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$2.00

1GB

Unlimited

Paid

We also sell Cheap Dedicated Servers
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Arvixe, LLC

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.00

300 GB

3000 GB

Paid or Free Subdomain: you.arvixe.com

All PHP Forums supported. PHPBB, IPB, SMF and other popular forum software installed automatically and for free through the control panel. Support for all popular forum software and their modules.
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Quality Hosting with REAL 99.9% uptime.

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

5.99

1 GB

10,000 MB

Paid

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Phpbbhosts

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

Free

unlimited

unlimited

free http://www.YOURFORUMNAME.phpbbhosts.co.uk/

Phpbbhosts is a free phpbb 3 forrum host with great uptime, excelent support staff, and a overal great hosts
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Warez Hosting and Host All Kind WebSite

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.20

1000 MB

20000 MB

Paid

Forum Support Online Chat Support Ticket Support
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www.safehosting.com/

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$2.99

unlimited

starting to build up

paid

excellent value for money free website included with over three hundred different templates cheap VPS
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IwisHost

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$1

500

50

free

We offer Premium Shared/Reseller/VPS Web Hosting plans on Linux & windows Servers and you can host Unlimited Domains and packages starting from $ 1/Month with 24X7 Support, there are no hidden fees, no hidden charges.
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M6.NET

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$3.75

2 GB

250 GB

paid

Save Money, Get more features and less restrictions that other hosts with all our Windows hosting plans. We’ve been and continue to be the most flexible Windows hosting provider on the internet for the lowest prices possible.
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000webhost

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.84

250 MB

100 GB

free

- 250 MB of Disk Space - 100 GB Bandwidth - Your own domain hosting - cPanel Control panel - Website Builder - Over 500 website templates ready for download - Free POP3 Email Box and Webmail access - FTP and Web based File Manager - PHP, MySQL, Perl, CGI, Ruby. - No Ads at all !
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